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We live in one of the tiny apartments in a multi-storeyed building complex that provides shelter to a number of middle-class families. But, the members of the family Felis Domestica who have taken a fancy to our complex might very well outnumber the members of Homo Sapiens. Because these quadrupeds with retractable claws, who can boast of their country cousins- Lions, Tigers, Lynxes, and Ocelots fear no one in our vicinity. The increasing feline population possessing nine lives up their claws bothers everyone but provides comic relief to many.

These cats in our avenue have their own strict demarcations about territory. The ground floor, first and second-floor mousers keep to their floors except for hungry forays into the kitchens across the lines of control. The terrace is exclusively reserved for the young ones and occasionally used by the aristocrats from the erstwhile Siam for body lickings and sunbaths. Some of the tomcats find cozy corners for a purring sleep in places where there isn’t room to swing a cat in, such as the watchman’s cabin, where they might have found the poor fellow catnapping. God has gifted these cats with two voice boxes one for purring and another for meowing and a few of the feline sopranos in our locality keep all the residents awake with their nocturnal orchestras on special occasions.

Some of the residents who wish to be clean as a cat in pattens get irritated when these grey cats mess up their things. The hawks among the residents strongly feel that these cats should be driven out with a cat o’nine tails. But the doves are undecided waiting to see which way the cat jumps. Well, we don’t know who will be called to bell the cat!

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Entry #33422 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Standard-France
Emilie Declaron
Emilie Declaron
United Kingdom
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Entry3.593.64 (14 ratings)3.54 (13 ratings)
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niché parmi d’autres
Flows well
Alexandre Pinel
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1
aux illustres cousins sauvages
Flows well
Celine BERNADET
+2
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ne craignent rien ni personne
Flows well
Helene Carrasco-Nabih
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moult
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
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apporte une note d'humour bienvenue
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Celine BERNADET
délimité le territoire à leur façon.
Flows well
Olga Kabanova
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1
lorsqu'ils osent une incursion motivée par la faim de l'autre côté de la ligne de démarcation
Flows well
Olga Kabanova
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1
L'un de ces lieux de prédilection
Flows well
Celine BERNADET
matou
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Nicely fou​nd
Alexandre Pinel
+1
aussi propre qu'une écuelle à chat
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Nicely fou​nd
Alexandre Pinel
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pas de quoi fouetter un chat
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Hugo Chaumette
Entry #33085 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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Or voilà que
Flows well
Celine BERNADET
ont adopté
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Celine BERNADET
ils peuvent se targuer à juste titre
Flows well
it's fun ​ reall​y good
Rosalie Blythe
leurs cousins sauvages que sont
Flows well
Helene Carrasco-Nabih
le lion
Good term selection
a good ide​a to put t​hese anima​ls in the ​singular f​orm
Rosalie Blythe
ils en font rire plus d’un.
Flows well
that's cut​e
Rosalie Blythe
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1
second
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
les aristocrates de
Flows well
Rosalie Blythe
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trou de souris
Good term selection
Celine BERNADET
Entry #33070 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Canadian
Stephen Boakye
Stephen Boakye
United States
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​​campagnards
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Rosalie Blythe
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possédant neuf griffes à
Flows well
nine sharp​ claws cer​tainly sou​nds right
Rosalie Blythe
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pour balancer un chat
Flows well
bien insér​er
Johanne Farmer
pour sonner le chat !
Flows well
good choic​e of image​ry
Johanne Farmer
Entry #33128 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Standard-France
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Entry3.303.50 (12 ratings)3.09 (11 ratings)
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rétractiles
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Manon Porthault
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greffiers
Good term selection
Anthony Mercier
à l'exception de quelques incursions dans les cuisines, au-delà des lignes de démarcation, quand ils sont pris par la faim
Flows well
Manon Porthault
irréproCHAbles
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Manon Porthault
ces gracieux quadrupèdes viennent déranger leurs affaires. Parmi les
Other
it's inter​esting....​.these cat​s are seem​ingly abov​e the law
Rosalie Blythe
Entry #33020 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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Entry3.193.23 (13 ratings)3.15 (13 ratings)
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+4
pourrait fort bien
Flows well
Thomas Bromehead
en quête de nourriture dans les cuisines,
Flows well
Rosalie Blythe
s’invitent de temps à autre ces fins chats aux allures aristocrates
Other
these fine​ cats with​ aristocra​tic looks.​..........​....nice!
Rosalie Blythe
+2
soucieux d’une propreté méticuleuse
Flows well
Noble Adounkpe
+1
1
partisans
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
Tout compte fait
Good term selection
good writi​ng neat ​ concise
Rosalie Blythe
Entry #33241 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Canadian
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Entry3.183.45 (11 ratings)2.90 (10 ratings)
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ont adopté
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Cyril Tollari
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1
tendance surnuméraire
Flows well
Helene Carrasco-Nabih
+1
1
leurs lointains cousins
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Rebecca Auque
+2
1
souriciers
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
Entry #32876 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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Entry3.163.31 (13 ratings)3.00 (12 ratings)
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+1
étendre l’atmosphère
Flows well
Celine BERNADET
+1
1
où l’on ne réveille pas le chat qui dort
Flows well
Thomas Bromehead
-1
1
Après tout, quand le chat n’est pas là, les souris dansent
Flows well
delightful​ but not a​sked for i​n the tran​slation
Rosalie Blythe
Entry #32677 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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Entry3.043.00 (12 ratings)3.08 (12 ratings)
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excéder en nombre
Flows well
Thierry Bourguet
razzias
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
+2
2
où une chatte ne retrouverait pas ses petits
Good term selection
Celine BERNADET
-1
1
roupiller
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
-1
expulser
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
Entry #33403 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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Elle est aussi occasionnellement empruntée par les aristocrates, lointains descendants des Siam
Flows well
Celine BERNADET
aristocrates
Good term selection
the Siames​e has alwa​ys been co​nsidered a​n exclusiv​e breed of​ cat... in​ Cat shows
Rosalie Blythe
comme un pacha
Good term selection
Celine BERNADET
+2
es chats de gouttière fourragent dans leurs affaires
Flows well
Celine BERNADET
procédant à pattes de velours
Good term selection
Celine BERNADET
Nous donnons notre langue au chat !
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Celine BERNADET
Entry #33454 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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+1
une paix joyeuse
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
+1
1
razzia
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
+2
chat perché
Flows well
Original
Johanne Farmer
+1
faisait peut-être une petite sieste de chat
Flows well
Thomas Bromehead
un chat à neuf queues
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
+3
jouent au chat et à la souris
Good term selection
Celine BERNADET
Je donne ma langue au chat.
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nice touch
Tom C
Entry #33088 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Standard-France
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Entry #33590 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Sashi Jaddoo
Sashi Jaddoo
Mauritius
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Entry2.963.08 (12 ratings)2.83 (12 ratings)
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+1
1
entichés
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
+2
elle apporte néanmoins un brin d’humour
Flows well
Helene Carrasco-Nabih
+1
à l'exception d'incursions dans les cuisines, par-delà les lignes de contrôle, pour apaiser leur faim.
Flows well
Thomas Bromehead
guérite
Flows well
Thomas Bromehead
faucons
Good term selection
Cyril Tollari
Entry #33220 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Standard-France
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Entry2.913.00 (12 ratings)2.82 (11 ratings)
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épris
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
-1
+1
2
enquiquine
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
pour un sommeil ronronnant dans des espaces grands comme un mouchoir de poche,
Flows well
it's smoot​h and funn​y
Rosalie Blythe
+1
pauvre bougre
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
nageant entre deux eaux.
Flows well
that's dif​ferent
Rosalie Blythe
+1
d’attacher le grelot
Good term selection
Philippe Humbert
Entry #33479 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Standard-France
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+1
1
e leurs cousins des champ
Good term selection
Celine BERNADET
clan
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
Entry #33560 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Standard-France
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Entry2.752.80 (10 ratings)2.70 (10 ratings)
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possédant neuf vies au bout de leurs griffes
Flows well
Manon Porthault
greffiers
Flows well
it's amusi​ng ​ is this ​not an old​er style o​f writing?
Rosalie Blythe
le bout de leur museau
Flows well
Rebecca Auque
se dorer la pilule
Flows well
Rebecca Auque
Entry #33028 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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Entry2.672.56 (9 ratings)2.78 (9 ratings)
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+3
souriciers
Good term selection
Excellent ​! "Le Sour​icier en c​hef du Cab​inet, " Ch​ief Mouser​ to the Ca​binet Offi​ce" est un​ chat trad​itionnelle​ment emplo​yé 10 Down​ing Street​ pour se d​ébarrasser​ des ronge​urs"
Frédéric Genin
+1
de jouir d’une proreté
Flows well
Noble Adounkpe
+1
1
devraient être chassés au moyen d'un fouet en corde composé de neuf
Other
pretty gra​phic
Rosalie Blythe
Entry #33247 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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+2
souriciers
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
lignes de démarcation
Good term selection
Cyril Tollari
+1
d’antan
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
Entry #33268 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Standard-France
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forts de leur appartenance à la famille des félidés
Good term selection
classy
Rosalie Blythe
+2
1
règnent en maître dans le voisinage
Flows well
Celine BERNADET
En pleine croissance
Flows well
it sounds ​classy ​ demogr​aphique i​t's cool!
Rosalie Blythe
non-droit
Flows well
Rosalie Blythe
en cas de faim tenace.
Flows well
Rosalie Blythe
dans des espaces si exigus que la
Flows well
it's so fu​nny
Rosalie Blythe
deux caisses de résonnance distinctes,
Good term selection
Rosalie Blythe
en éveil
Other
so right
Rosalie Blythe
En concurrence avec les félins pour le premier prix de propreté,
Good term selection
fantastic
Rosalie Blythe
les plus impitoyables croient dur comme fer
Good term selection
fabulous ​ funny
Rosalie Blythe
devraient être chassés à coup de martinet.
Flows well
a change f​rom un cha​t o-neuf-q​ueues ​ -a free t​ranslation
Rosalie Blythe
Entry #33091 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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Entry2.502.44 (9 ratings)2.56 (9 ratings)
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-1
1
targuent
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
-1
1
ompter dans leurs rangs
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
+1
1
croît de façon exponentielle.
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
tracas
Flows well
Rosalie Blythe
ses singeries
Flows well
Rosalie Blythe
+1
1
greffiers
Good term selection
Frédéric Genin
+1
1
naguère
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
e larron en plein roupillon
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
sopranos à moustaches
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
n chien dans un jeu de quille
Flows well
Frédéric Genin
préfèrent attendre de voir si les souris dansent.
Flows well
nice
Rosalie Blythe
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+2
1
en divertit plus d'un
Flows well
Thierry Bourguet
+2
roupiller
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
+1
si le chat retombera sur ses pattes
Flows well
Rebecca Auque
Entry #32882 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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Entry2.402.30 (10 ratings)2.50 (10 ratings)
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grâce à leur lien de parenté renommé
Flows well
elegant
Philippe Humbert
+1
1
détendre l’atmosphère.
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
+1
piquer un petit roupillon
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
Entry #33152 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Marienah
Marienah
Canada
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Entry2.282.44 (9 ratings)2.11 (9 ratings)
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+1
procure un soulagement comique à de nombreuses personne
Flows well
Thomas Bromehead
es lignes de contrôle.
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
faucons
Good term selection
It's a goo​d choice t​o keep the​ animal me​taphor as ​a joke. Th​is sounds ​like an Ae​sop's Fabl​e.
Cyril Tollari
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À l'exception d'incursions désespérées
Flows well
it's accur​ate and fu​nny
Rosalie Blythe
une poignée de sopranos félins de notre quartier empêche tout le voisinage de dormir avec leurs orchestres de minuit
Good term selection
it's funny
Rosalie Blythe
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Rosalie Blythe
Rosalie Blythe
United Kingdom
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o-neuf-queues
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
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+1
1
griffée
Good term selection
Rebecca Auque
placer sonnette sur le chat
Other
accurate t​ranslation
Philippe Humbert
Entry #32663 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Standard-France
Sara Ferreira (X)
Sara Ferreira (X)
Portugal
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ces chats devraient être chassés avec un fouet
Good term selection
clearly ex​presses th​e author's​ intent
Philippe Humbert